A COUNCIL forked out £60,000 to a care firm – to look after 14 residents who were DEAD.

MORE psychiatric patients are to be treated in their own homes under a £1.6 million NHS Lothian scheme.

WHEN Sandra Sutherland started to struggle to stay focused at work, her thoughts did not immediately turn to Alzheimer’s disease.

A SHORTAGE of school nurses could delay Scotland’s largest immunisation programme to protect girls against cervical cancer, it was claimed yesterday.

Social workers at a Scottish council previously condemned over child protection failures will consider strike action tonight over fears that new job cut plans could put youngsters at “greater risk than ever before”.

A nursing home has suspended two members of staff over allegations that they were abusing residents.

A social work manager has been banned from driving after being caught at more than double the legal alcohol limit.
Ann Giles, 58, was fined £430 and disqualified for 12 months after being stopped on her way from a party.

AN ABERDOUR woman has launched a website aimed at sharing dietary advice with other Multiple Sclerosis sufferers.

A Danish scheme for tackling anti-social behaviour has been credited with significant drops in youth, gang and knife crime in East Renfrewshire.

Fears were expressed yesterday that Aberdeen City Council could face bankruptcy after it was revealed that it could have to make savings of £50m – almost double the original amount forecast.